Watch this video for an overview of the resources.

To explore the mentor text fully, students are guided through the following process:

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• setting context and activating prior knowledge

• preparing vocabulary and concept clarification

• understanding sentence structures

• discerning format and the sequence of ideas

• reading for inference and meaning 

• annotating relevant features

• listening and reading exam-style papers based on the mentor text

• deconstructing the text

• preparing vocabulary, sentence frames and guiding questions

• creating a rubric for peer and self assessment

• planning collaboratively to prepare for writing

• peer assessing the first draft